3:23 PM,
Dec. 4, 2013

Anita Kaye Vestal, 36, of Bryson City was found guilty of other offenses including harboring an escapee and obstruction of justice.

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A former Swain County jailer who fell in love with an inmate and freed him so they could be together is not guilty of accessory after the fact to the murders he was charged with, a jury decided on Wednesday in her trial.

The jury found Anita Kaye Vestal, 36, of Bryson City guilty of other offenses including harboring an escapee and obstruction of justice.

Prosecutors said she helped Jeffery Miles escape in March 2009 while working as a jailer. ...